Wild Star - Pentagram Baphomet - Fleece Blanket, Tapestry

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A serpent or dragon consuming its own tail, it is a symbol of infinity, unity, and the cycle of death and rebirth.

Nineteenth-century occult groups such as the Golden Dawn held that the point-up pentagram represented the rulership of Spirit over the physical elements, while a point-down pentagram represented the descent of Spirit into matter or matter subsuming Spirit. It is largely this interpretation that led the religion of Wicca to adopt the point-up pentagram and Satanism the point-down version as their representative symbols. It is an ancient symbol and gives a full representation of the sun and all the deities of the sun. According to Dave Talbot, it represents various extraterrestrial planets, like the Saturn, Venus, and Mars. Also, It can be marked physically using chalk or salt. It has a spiritual significance similar to that of yantra and mandala in some eastern religions. Monas Hieroglyphica Nicolai, Friedrich (1782). Versuch über die Beschuldigungen welche dem Tempelherrenorden gemacht worden, und über dessen Geheimniß; Nebst einem Anhange über das Entstehen der Freymaurergesellschaft (in German). Vol.II volumes. Berlin und Stettin.

This iconographical form of the Hindu Trimurti god Visnu, whose body represents the structure and form of the entire cosmos. The different domains of Hell are represented by the legs and feet, with the Earthly and harmonious Heavenly realms represented by the upper stomach and chest, arms, and head; the navel represents the Unmanifest realm that is connected with pure sound and vibration, and absolute silence, which connects everything together. The Baphomet of Lévi was to become an important figure within the cosmology of Thelema, the mystical system established by Aleister Crowley in the early 20th century. Baphomet features in the Creed of the Gnostic Catholic Church recited by the congregation in The Gnostic Mass, in the sentence: "And I believe in the Serpent and the Lion, Mystery of Mysteries, in His name BAPHOMET." [68] The unadulterated de Guaita images re-appeared in a book by Maurice Bessy: A Pictorial History of Magic and the Supernatural (English first edition 1964, French first edition: Histoire en 1000 Images de la Magie, Editions du Pont Royal, 1961). Aleister Crowley, the occultist and magician of the late 19th to mid-20th century, interpreted Baphomet as the “divine androgyne.” Crowley rejected the concepts of the biblical God and Satan and followed the Gnostic teaching that Satan brought wisdom to mankind—that old lie of the serpent in the garden. Baphomet was his symbol and represented life, love, and light. With the addition of the Zodiac sign Capricorn (the goat), liberty is added. The sigil is a representative of Satan symbols, which is the dark force of both man and nature. The pentagram or pentacle has 5 points. This points can go in different directions.

Sigils created with magical powers by the Icelandic people. Pictured is the stave known as Ægishjálmur. The link between Baphomet and the pagan god Pan was also observed by Aleister Crowley [66] as well as Anton LaVey: A discussion concerning the symbolism of pentagrams is contained in Eliphas Lévi’s Dogme et Rituel de la haute magie (1855-56 & 61, translated into English by A. E. Waite under the title Transcendental Magic). There are no accompanying illustrations. Here is the English translation of the quote: CHAPTER 5—THE BLAZING PENTAGRAMIt is initiation or profanation; it is Lucifer or Vesper, the star of morning or evening. It is Mary or Lilith, victory or death, day or night. The Pentagram with two points in the ascendant represents Satan as the goat of the Sabbath; when one point is in the ascendant, it is the sign of the Saviour. By placing it in such a manner that two of its points are in the ascendant and one is below, we may see the horns, ears and beard of the hierarchic Goat of Mendes, when it becomes the sign of infernal evocations. (Eliphas Levi, Transcendental Magic) The first historical record of Baphomet comes from a letter written by a crusader in t 1098. In the letter, he explains that the enemies of the Crusaders could often be heard calling upon ‘Baphometh.’ There is also a record that says the mosques were called ‘Bufmarias.’ These connections suggest that the word Baphomet may have been a mispronunciation of the name ‘Mohammed.’ If Baphomet is, indeed, a mispronunciation of Mohammed, it would explain why he is seen as an evil entity by many in modern day. This would imply that by worshiping Baphomet, the Knights of the Templar were actually adopting Islamic practices – a crime that would not be ignored by the Catholic Church. To truly understand the dynamics at work behind the creation of Baphomet, it is important to look at the Knights of the Templar and the Crusades. The Knights of the Templar The Sigil of Baphomet is the official insignia of the Church of Satan, [1] [2] [3] first appearing on the cover of The Satanic Mass album in 1968, and adorning the cover of The Satanic Bible the following year. [4] The sigil has been called a "material pentagram" representational of carnality and earthy principles. [5] The Church describes the symbol as the "...preeminent visual distillation of the iconoclastic philosophy of Satanism." In 1818, Baphomet appeared again when he was discovered by Joseph Freiherr von Hammer-Purgstall, who researched the deity and his connection to the Templars in an essay titled, ‘ Discovery of the Mystery of Baphomet, by which the Knights Templars, like the Gnostics and the Ophites, are convicted of Apostasy, of Idolatry, and of moral Impurity, by their own Monuments.’

The inverted pentagram symbol looks like an upside down star. Has come to be seen by many pagans as representing the dark side and it is abhored as an evil symbol. Fundamental christians, indeed, see any form of pentagram as such. However, these are recent developments and the inverted pentagram is the symbol of Gardnerian second degree initiation, representing the need of the witch to learn to face the darkness within so that it may not later rise up to take control. The centre of a pentagram implies a sixth formative element - love/will which controls from within, ruling matter and spirit by will and the controlled magical direction of sexual energies. ψ🔱 Pitchfork emoji Pouille, Simon de (1968). Baroin, Jeanne (ed.). Simon de Pouille: Chanson de Geste (in French). Geneva: Librairie Droz. ISBN 978-2-600-02428-0. Levi, Eliphas (1861) [1854–1856]. Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie (in French). Vol.II volumes bound as one (2nded.). Paris: Hippolyte Baillière.A magical diagram, composed of two circles, a pentagram, and three heptagons, and is labeled with the name of God and his angels.